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Nokia hopes to install a data network on the moon sometime in 2023, an executive told reporters. Thomas Coex | AFP via Getty Images nokia is preparing to launch a 4G mobile network on the moon later this year, in the hopes of enhancing lunar discoveries — and eventually paving the way for human presence … Read more
Elon Musk Twitter account seen on Mobile with Elon Musk in the background on screen, seen in this photo illustration. On 19 February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk said that only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s recommendation feed, as the billionaire further shakes up the social … Read more
OneWeb, a rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, the internet satellite venture, is aiming to roll out coverage globally after successfully launching the final batch of satellites needed for its broadband service over the weekend. The British startup launched an additional 36 satellites Sunday morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, taking its … Read more
An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of a Huawei logo displayed on a computer screen. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Huawei reportedly said it has developed its own chip design tools, a move aimed at side-stepping US sanctions and making the Chinese technology giant more self-sufficient in the … Read more
Elon Musk Twitter account seen on Mobile with Elon Musk in the background on screen, seen in this photo illustration. On 19 February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pieces of the computer code used to run Twitter were leaked online, according to court filings, marking the social media site’s … Read more
An Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game is inserted into the Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console arranged in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Michael Ciaglo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of activision blizzard surged Friday, after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority narrowed the scope of its investigation … Read more
China and US flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken July 16, 2020. Florence Lo | Reuters BEIJING — China says it would “strongly oppose” a forced sale of TikTok, making clear the government’s involvement with the social media giant that is trying hard to distance itself from Beijing authorities. … Read more
Shares of Jack Dorsey‘s blocks plunged nearly 15% by Thursday’s close after short seller Hindenburg Research announced that the payments company was its latest short position, alleging that Block allowed criminal activity to operate with lax controls and “highly” inflates Cash App’s transacting user base, a key metric of performance . Hindenburg described Block’s internal … Read more
Character.AI, an artificial intelligence start-up founded by two former Google employees, is capitalizing on venture capitalists’ unquenchable thirst for deals in technology’s hottest space. The two-year-old company said on Thursday that it raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, who … Read more
The ChatGPT and OpenAI emblem and website. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday disclosed a bug that allowed some users of its popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to view messages from others. “We had a significant issue in ChatGPT due to a bug in an open source library, for which … Read more
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was a “Lehman moment” for the technology industry, according to a top Goldman Sachs dealmaker. Cliff Marriott, co-head of technology, media and telecoms in Europe for the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, said that the March 10 shutdown of SVB was “pretty stressful,” as the lender’s clientele scrambled … Read more
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images After months of public chatter about emerging chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, Google is opening its Bard AI platform to a limited number of users. The company is officially allowing people in the US and UK to sign up for its generative AI product at bard.google.com, Google said … Read more
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during an Action on Forests and Land Use event on day three of COP26 at SECC on November 2, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Paul Ellis | Getty Images When amazon announced just over two years ago that the founder and then-CEO jeff bezos would turn the helm over to … Read more
The latest round will primarily impact Amazon’s cloud computing, human resources, advertising and Twitch livestreaming businesses, Jassy said in the memo. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said approximately 400 people would be let go as part of Amazon’s latest round of job cuts. Clancy pointed to the economic downturn, and said Twitch’s user and revenue growth … Read more
A man walks through Google offices on January 25, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Google is indicating to ex-staffers, who got laid off while on maternity and medical leave, that they won’t get paid for all of their remaining time off, according to former employees and written … Read more